Improved clothes line



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Letters Patent No. 64,963, dated April 23, 18647.

IMPROVD CLOTHES LINE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :Be it known that I, JEREMY W. "BLISS, of thecity and county of Hartford, andState of Connecticut, have inventedcertain new anduseful improvement: iu'the manufacture of Clothes Linesfor hanging clothes for drying; and I do hereby declare that I believethe same to be fully described hereinafter, so as to enableothersskilled in the art to make and use the same therefrom, reference beinghad to the letters marked on the drawing, which indicate like parts ineachof the figures.

Figure l shows a vegetable cord or line covered with a gum coating.

Figure 2 shows or represents a metallic wire coveredor coated with a gumcoating or material.

Fi'ge represents" strands of metallic WireV twisted togetherto form' vacord or line having a. coating of gum material thereon. l 4 Y m a is avegetable` cord or line. a is a straight metal wire. a are strands ofmetal wire twistedtogether to form a line. b represents a. coating ofgum or othensuitable material upon the surface of the lines a a a. Thenature of this inven tion consistsl in applying a coa-t of gum or othersuitable material upon the outer surface of a line composed of animal,vegetable', or metallic material, for the purpose of protecting thelinefrom the weather, as an improved article of manufacture, use, andtrade. l

In the manufacture of this improved clothes line forrhanging clothes fordrying I propose to apply the gum coating to the line while the gum isin a 4fluid or plastic state, by the process (practised hy manufacturersof India-rubber goods) in com'monluse. By the use of this improvement,the line once fixed in place for use, may, remain fixed without fear ofinjury from the Weather, and thus always be in readiness for use, theadvantages of which are believed te be obvious. v

What Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A clothes lineof cord, leather, orwire, coated with India rubber orgutta percha7 to protect the same from the Weather, all as andj'or thepnrposespecdei JEREMY W.V BLISS. *[L. 5.]

Witnesses:

EDM. F. BROWN, l .ToHN KINGDON.

